We are in the twilight stage now of the ABB FIA Formula E Season 11 with Shanghai delivering 2 surprising winners in Max Guenther and Nick Cassidy. Now we head to the final location of the single race weekend of the calendar: Jakarta. Circuit preview:
Jakarta Circuit Map from Season 9. Image Credit: Formula E Documenation
Note: FIA hasn’t updated the circuit map for season 11 yet, so this is from season 9.
Having skipped the Indonesian city in Season 10, we return for the final time in Gen3/Gen3 Evo. The start/finish straight makes it ideal for overtaking, as do turns 3 to 7. The tight and twisty sections of turns 8 to 12 will test our drivers before a straight from turns 12 to 13 finishes the lap with 2 back-to-back left turns with a final right to complete the lap.
Predictions:
Pole Position: Max Guenther
The current DS Penske driver won the last Jakarta E-Prix when he was a Maserati MSG Racing driver. I can see this momentum holding up to take pole.
Race winner: Oliver Rowland
No big surprise, as Rowland has been the man of the moment, although Shanghai was a massive disappointment given he didn’t win either race. If he wants to maintain his lead in the drivers’ championship and round it out in Berlin, a win will be required here.
Podium: Nick Cassidy and Max Günther
Off the back of his sensational win in Shanghai, Nick Cassidy seems to be pushing hard in what looks to be his final year as a Jaguar TCS Racing driver. He will want to end the season on a high before departing for a new team.
As for Max Guenther, as a pole sitter, he will try to maximize this to a win; however, this seems unlikely given the pace of Rowland and Cassidy.
Formula E returned to the Shanghai International Circuit this past weekend for its sophomore year, and these past 2 rounds did not disappoint in terms of action.
Round 10: DS Penske driver Maximilian Guenther led the field away from pole position ahead of Taylor Barnard, who started in P2. Pascal Wehrlein managed to jump him at the start with the peloton style of racing returning to Formula E. There was disaster for the Jaguar TCS Racing driver Nick Cassidy as he was spun at the chicane after getting tapped by the Mahindra Racing driver Edoardo Mortara. Contact occurred later on between Rowland and Vandoorne while the peloton style occurred, and by lap 11, De Vries was leading ahead of the Andretti driver Nico Mueller and Envision Racing’s Robin Frijns.
Pit boost was active in this race, and many drivers immediately took the opportunity to pit, starting at the end of lap 12 and the start of lap 13. Drivers such as Guenther, Buemi, Bird and Maloney all took attack mode immediately after their pit boost.
The race started to heat up from here, as it was a flat-out race with Barnard having a 2.5-second lead before that shrank with Guenther and Rowland then battling for the win towards the end of the race. Barnard and Nato were battling before a massive battle on the last lap for 2nd, with Barnard and Ticktum looking likely to take the positions before Jean-Eric Vergne made a move into the final chicane to take P2 and secure DS Penske’s first 1-2, with Guenther managing to hold onto the win with Barnard in P3. Dan Ticktum finished P4 from P21; championship leader Oliver Rowland finished P5, Norman Nato P6, Sam Bird P7, and Nyck De Vries P8, with the Envision duo of Sebastian Buemi and Robin Frijns rounding out the points-paying positions.
SHANGHAI, CHINA – MAY 31: Stoffel Vandoorne of Belgium driving the (2) Maserati MSG Racing Maserati Tipo Folgore leads Oliver Rowland of Great Britain driving the (23) Nissan Formula E Team Nissan e-4ORCE 05 on track during the Shanghai E-Prix, Round 10 of the 2025 FIA Formula E World Championship at Shanghai International Circuit on May 31, 2025 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Simon Galloway/LAT Images for Formula E) Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank
Round 11: After a delayed start due to the rain, we had a rolling start on lap 8, which saw Nick Cassidy lead the field away from the Porsche duo, and all 3 of them instantly took attack mode, including the top 11 apart from Di Grassi. Wehrlein went for a longer attack mode, so he and Da Costa swapped positions. Many drivers struggled throughout the race, including Nyck De Vries, who went through the gravel, and Wehrlein went sideways.
Towards the middle section of the race, both Lola Yamaha Abt cars were battling with Maserati and Mahindra of Stoffel Vandoorne and Nyck De Vries. The most recent race winner, Maximilian Guenther, got a red car, but this did NOT cause a red flag. He had to pull off to the side of the track to retire. There were 3 added laps due to the safety car, with Cassidy having a MAJOR lead over Pascal Wehrlein. Cassidy held onto the lead to win his first E-Prix of 2025! Pascal Wehrlein and Antonio Felix Da Costa closed out the top 3. Jake Hughes finished P4, Jean-Eric Vergne P5, Nico Mueller P6, Stoffel Vandoorne P7, Robin Frijns P8, Lucas Di Grassi P9, and Taylor Barnard P10!
As the iconic month of May draws to a close, so does this section of Formula E, as we have rounds 11 and 12 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship Season 11. We enter the scene of the Chinese Grand Prix at a modified version of the Shanghai International Circuit.
Track Preview: After debuting last year as a doubleheader, the Shanghai E-Prix was a goldmine for Jaguar drivers, with Mitch Evans and Antonio Felix Da Costa picking up a win each around this circuit in Season 10.
Formula E Season 10 Shanghai Circuit. Image Credit: Formula E Media Centre
The 3.051-mile circuit allows 12 corners to challenge drivers, with round 1 being a pit boost round. The main overtaking opportunities are into turn 1, turn 6, and through to turn 9, with turns 10 and 12 also being the best opportunities to overtake rivals.
Round 10 Predictions: Pole Position: Pascal Wehrlein As Rowland starts to put one hand on the championship trophy, the reigning world champion will want to put as much performance in as possible in order to maintain his reigning world champion status. Getting pole at Shanghai would be the best way to start.
Winner: António Félix Da Costa The Season 6 champion is currently P2 in the standings with over 50 points separating him and the Briton Rowland. Da Costa will want to minimise the gap as much as possible, and the pit boost opportunities will allow him to get a jump on Rowland.
Podium: Cassidy and Evans The Jaguar duo was strong here last year, with a victory and podiums from both. I think they will obtain more podiums; Evans’ first points since his win in Sao Paulo back in 2024.
Antonio Felix da Costa, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, 1st position, stands on his car in Parc Ferme Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank
Round 11 Predictions: Pole Position: Oliver Rowland Rowland will NEED to maximise as many points as possible this weekend, and not finishing on the podium on Saturday will hurt him.
Winner: Oliver Rowland In order to maximise, Rowland will go from pole to win on the latter part of the weekend as he manages to claw back the deficit from Saturday.
Podium: Andretti Yes, that is correct. I am predicting a double Andretti podium on Sunday to end the most recent run of Formula E races before entering the final 3 weekends of Season 11.
Rounds 8 and 9 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship occurred over the past weekend, and it was a chaotic 48 hours for all teams and drivers.
Round 8 Before the race even began, there was chaos as the qualifying session was cancelled due to the weather conditions. FP2 was able to take part, however, and the results from that session would be qualifying. This resulted in Oliver Rowland starting from pole ahead of Edoardo Mortara and Norman Nato. The race began with a standing start after a few laps behind the safety car and a 10-minute delay. Barnard immediately went from P4 to P3, with multiple drivers taking attack mode at the start, such as Buemi, Da Costa and Evans. Nato fell down from P3 to P6. With Buemi’s attack mode, he managed to make it up to P2 by lap 6. However, Buemi went wide further on, which resulted in Edoardo Mortara retaking P2. Vandoorne was the first driver to take attack mode and immediately took advantage of it.
Suddenly, Guenther had a RED car, and a red flag was called to stop the race. Jake Dennis and Andretti had a similar issue in Sao Paulo. The car then switched to green, but Guenther was still out. Vandoorne ended up being the biggest gainer from this red flag, as he was a full pit-boost pit stop ahead of everyone else.
Once cars went back onto the track, De Vries, Evans and Dennis all had their pit boost windows open, with Jake Dennis opting to take his pit stop prior to the race start. This would result, however, in the Andretti driver receiving the black flag and being disqualified from the race as the pit lane was closed.
More drivers took attack mode after the restart, including Rowland, while others opted to take their pit boost after the restart, including Barnard, De Vries, Nato and Evans. It emerged from here that Evans was retiring his car due to a collision with De Vries. Drivers emerging from their pit boost were all calm until Buemi was jumped by the Mahindra car of Mortara.
The race leader, Stoffel Vandoorne, then ended up spinning and hitting the wall before taking his final attack mode. Rowland took his second attack mode near the end of the race and retook P2 from Taylor Barnard. Rowland was unable to take P1 away from Stoffel Vandoorne as he took his first win since 2022 and his first win with Maserati MSG Racing! Oliver Rowland finished P2 and Taylor Barnard P3!
Sebastian Buemi managed to finish P4, Dan Ticktum P5, Edoardo Mortara P6, Antonio Felix Da Costa P7, and Nyck De Vries P8, but he would receive a 5-second time penalty for the collision with Evans and would drop outside the points. Thus, Jean-Eric Vergne, Robin Frijns and Nick Cassidy, who finished P9, P10 and P11, respectively, would all move up a place.
TOKYO, JAPAN – MAY 17: Oliver Rowland of Great Britain driving the (23) Nissan Formula E Team Nissan e-4ORCE 05 leads the field during the Tokyo E-Prix, Round 8 of the 2025 FIA Formula E World Championship at Tokyo Street Circuit on May 17, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Simon Galloway/LAT Images for Formula E)
Round 9 For round 9 we had a traditional qualifying session which saw Oliver Rowland take pole ahead of Dan Ticktum in P2. Mitch Evans did not take part in the race due to a collision with the wall during qualifying, which saw the Jaguar TCS Racing team unable to fix his car prior to the race.
It was a dry race this time, which saw Rowland hold the lead while Ticktum and Wehrlein had a big battle, but the Cupra Kiro driver held off the reigning world champion. De Vries and Bird had a collision which resulted in the Mahindra driver receiving a black and white flag. Hughes started the attack mode train while Wehrlein looked to try and overtake Ticktum. Rowland and Barnard had a small tap which put Rowland down to P4.
By lap 11, Rowland had not taken either attack mode before a full course yellow was brought out for debris. However, Da Costa misjudged the full course yellow and ended up breaking his suspension when it was deployed. Once we went green, Nato received a 5-second time penalty for speeding under the full course yellow. Wehrlein led the race while Rowland decided to take his first attack mode on lap 17. It was a 2 minute deployment with Jake Dennis took attack mode and made moves, including going up to P7 after overtaking Di Grassi by lap 20. Rowland then went down to P6 after Dennis overtook him. MANY drivers took attack mode on lap 24, including Wehrlein, Rowland, Ticktum, Barnard and Vergne, while Rowland stayed out and took P2. There were fantastic battles with Rowland and Wehrlein not leaving anything between the two. Mortara and Barnard collided, which sent Barnard into the wall and brought out the safety car but not any added laps. The safety car went into the pits at the end of lap 31, which meant we got a 1-lap shootout.
Oliver Rowland won Nissan’s home race of Tokyo and further extended his championship lead. Pascal Wehrlein finishes P2 with Dan Ticktum getting his and Cupra Kiro’s first podium. Jake Dennis finished P4 ahead of the Lola Yamaha Abt of Lucas Di Grassi in P5. Jean-Eric Vergne finishes P6 ahead of Nick Cassidy in P7, with Sam Bird managing P8 and Sebastian Buemi and Maximilian Guenther finishing P10.
Formula E returns at the end of May for the Shanghai E-Prix doubleheader!
It hasn’t been that long since Formula E finished the doubleheader in Monaco, which saw Oliver Rowland and Sebastian Buemi take victory around the principality, and already we are back! This time for a relatively new circuit for Formula E standards: the Tokyo E-Prix! This round is once again a doubleheader, and after the singular race we had last year, this year is bound to be a top-class event again!
Circuit Preview:
Formula E Tokyo E-Prix track map. Image Credit: Formula E Website
This 2.575km long circuit goes around the iconic city of Tokyo to bring with it the 18 turns, long straights and fast corners to make overtaking here up to the drivers. After Oliver Rowland was leading going into the final lap last year, the Maserati driver Maximilian Guenther made a pass for the lead and took the victory ahead of the Briton at his team’s home race.
Round 8 Predictions: Pole Position: Oliver Rowland The championship leader goes into this doubleheader with the biggest points gap ever seen in Formula E during the Gen3 era. As this is his team’s home race, he will be wanting to make Nissan proud with a home pole position and extend his lead even more!
Race Winner: Oliver Rowland Pole-to-race wins seem to be rare in the electric pinnacle of motorsport, especially when it is so tight between all drivers and teams. After losing victory to Sebastian Buemi last time in Monaco and accomplishing P2 in the latter race of the doubleheader, Rowland will be extra motivated to get as many points as possible in order to secure the championship as soon as possible.
Podium: 2 Porsche Power Trains The Porsche powertrain was very strong last year, with the powertrain quadrat locking out P3 to P6 inclusive. It would not surprise me to see 2 of those powertrains obtain 2 podium positions.
Round 9 Predictions: Pole Position: Nico Mueller I am going with my gut on this one. Mueller did very well last year, getting P7 on the road in the Abt Cupra team. I think he will be able to do even better after getting settled in with the track and managing to take pole position for round 9!
Race winner: Mitch Evans Going with my gut for these predictions, which can either go one way or another, but Jaguar could surprise everyone with their race pace. It will be a big shock if they do manage to achieve it, but something tells me the New Zealander Mitch Evans will take victory around Tokyo.
Podium: Nissan Power Trains Currently 4 cars have the Nissan powertrain, and I can see at least 2 of them appearing on the podium in this non-pit boost race. The energy conservation of the Nissans will benefit them, and I can see possibly both McLarens or both Nissans on the podium for Sunday’s race!
Biggest Surprise: Neom McLaren After a disaster in Monaco for the majority of Nissan-powered cars, almost exclusively the Neom McLarens, I think they will bounce back to deliver a positive result as the Papaya-based team bids farewell to Formula E at the end of this season.
Biggest Disappointment: Pascal Wehrlein My gut feeling says that Wehrlein will not have a great weekend, which would be very unfortunate for the reigning world champion as he struggles to maintain his title defence bid.
Round 13 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship introduced some hope for Nick Cassidy and Jaguar at Portland until a penultimate lap error caused Cassidy to fall down the grid, leading to his teammate Mitch Evans taking the win on the road but falling down to P8 due to a 5 second time penalty.
As for round 14, chaos ensued as there was more contact, more penalties but another Da Costa win!
Roundup of Round 13:
Hughes led into turn 1 after starting P2.
Sebasitan Buemi pitted very early on due to a penalty for taking extra components.
The start of the race saw something common to Formula E in the gen 3 era: no one wanting to lead!
Many drivers took attack mode on lap 5.
Hughes and Evans collided which led Evans to receive a 5 second time penalty and Hughes dropped down the grid.
Cassidy went up to the lead on lap 12.
Collet missed the chicane on lap 17 and dropped down the grid.
Da Costa went for the lead but Cassidy retook it!
Daruvala spun later on in the race but got going again.
3 laps to go and Evans made it a Jaguar 1-2.
Guenther retired from the race later on.
Nick Cassidy then lost his car on the penultimate lap and lost the race win!
Evans took the win but his 5 second time penalty dropped him down to P8!
Da Costa took the win!
Roundup of Round 14:
Vergne started on pole ahead of Da Costa.
Da Costa took the lead from Vergne with both McLarens going up to the top 5.
Hughes made his way from P5 to P1 on 1 lap!
Both Vergne and Vandoorne had issues which led them to falling down the field.
Early on in the race, the 2 Andretti cars, Collet and Guenther had issues as they were all at the back of the field.
Later on, Wehrlein got his front wing stuck under his car! It eventually became dislodged but it when it did, Sam Bird was caught it and that ruined the Brit’s race.
Mueller led on lap 9 with the 10th lap having Wehrlein with no front wing.
Cassidy was still P16 by lap 11 with Wehrlein making up places.
MULTIPLE drivers made pitstops including Cassidy, Dennis, De Vries, Collet and Hughes.
Mortara ended up onto the grass on lap 15 and had to pit while Hughes and Fenestraz were under investigation.
Fenestraz received a 5 second penalty for pushing a driver off the track.
The Safety car was then deployed for debris on the track and brought many drivers back into the race.
The safety car came in on lap 21.
We received 1 added lap due to the safety car.
It was all quiet despite Cassidy not making up enough ground, Frijns managing to get P2 from Evans and multiple notes inclduing Da Costa on Mortara and Dennis on Mortara.
On the last lap, Di Grassi received a 5 second time penalty for pushing a driver off the track.
Da Costa make it 3 wins in a row ahead of Frijns and Evans!
Antonio Felix da Costa, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, Porsche 99X Electric Gen3 Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank
Formula E Season 10 Championship Standings after Round 14
Position
Driver
Team
Points
1st
Nick Cassidy
Jaguar TCS Racing
167
2nd
Mitch Evans
Jaguar TCS Racing
155
3rd
Pascal Wehrlein
Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
155
4th
Antonio Felix Da Costa
Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
134
5th
Oliver Rowland
Nissan Formula E Team
131
6th
Jean-Eric Vergne
DS Penske
129
7th
Jake Dennis
Andretti Formula E
122
8th
Maximilian Guenther
Maserati MSG Racing
73
9th
Robin Frijns
Envision Racing
60
10th
Stoffel Vandoorne
DS Penske
55
11th
Jake Hughes
Neom McLaren Formula E Team
46
12th
Norman Nato
Andretti Formula E
46
13th
Sam Bird
Neom McLaren Formula E Team
44
14th
Nico Mueller
Abt Cupra Formula E Team
36
15th
Sebastian Buemi
Envision Racing
26
16th
Sacha Fenestraz
Nissan Fortmula E Team
26
17th
Edoardo Mortara
Mahindra Formula E Team
19
18th
Dan Ticktum
ERT Formula E Team
12
19th
Sergio Sette Camara
ERT Formula E Team
11
20th
Jehan Daruvala
Maserti MSG Racing
8
21st
Nyck De Vries
Mahindra Formula E Team
6
22nd
Taylor Barnard
Neom McLaren Formula E Team
5
23rd
Joel Eriksson
Envision Racing
2
24th
Lucas Di Grassi
Abt Cupra Formula E Team
2
25th
Kelvin Van Der Linde
Abt Cupra Formula E Team
0
26th
Jordan King
Mahindra Formula E Team
0
27th
Paul Aron
Envision Racing
0
28th
Caio Collet
Nissan Formula E
0
Driver of the Weekend:
The driver of the weekend has to be Da Costa. After so many rumours of him leaving Porsche after a hard start to the season and losing that win in Misano to win 3 races in a row and have an outside chance of the championship is very impressive.
Driver who needs to improve the most:
I think this has to go to Nick Cassidy. While he still has a 12 point lead over Evans and Wehrlein, he could have tied up the entire championship in Portland but a few mistakes could cost him and Jaguar BIG TIME!
Rounds 11 and 12 of Formula E Season 10 saw a new venue added to an old classic and a return to Formula E’s original debut: China. This time, the electric series travelled to Shanghai, it is safe to say it brought us dramatic moments and high tension!
Round 11 Highlights
Jean-Eric Vergne leads the field away from pole position ahead of Oliver Rowland and Mitch Evans
Round 11 was a peleton style race again primarily due to the energy saving methods used by drivers
Championship leader Nick Cassidy went from P10 to P13 within the early stages of the race
There was MANY changes for the lead including Robin Frijns and Nyck De Vries
Porsche were playing the team game with Pascal Wehrlein and Antonio Felix Da Costa in P1 and P3, with P2 taken by Evans
Rowland and Vergne made contact half way through the race which was noted by the stewards
Nato fell down the grid down to P16.
Conntact between Mortara and a Maserati lead to Mortara having to retire from the race
There was a yellow flag on lap 19 due to the debris and it was swiftly removed
Replays toward the end of the race showed that Frijns had a spin which explains his fall down the grid
On lap 24, that was the “go” moment for the drivers. Cassidy had more energy than the others
With 2 laps remaining, Cassidy was asking his team if he could attack or defend.
Last lap battles saw Evans defending from Wehrlein and Cassidy attacking Wehrlein all of the way to the final corner
Round 11 Classification
Position
Driver
Team
Points
1st
Mitch Evans
Jaguar TCS Racing
25
2nd
Jake Hughes (Pole)
NEOM McLaren Formula E Team
21
3rd
Norman Nato (Fastest Lap)
Andretti Formula E
16
4th
Nick Cassidy
Jaguar TCS Racing
12
5th
Mitch Evans
Jaguar TCS Racing
10
6th
Stoffel Vandoorne
DS Penske
8
7th
Jean-Eric Vergne
DS Penske
6
8th
Maximilian Guenther
Maserati MSG Racing
7
9th
Robin Frijns
Envision Racing
2
10th
Oliver Rowland
Nissan Formula E Team
1
11th
Jake Dennis
Andretti Formula E
0
12th
Sebastian Buemi
Envision Racing
0
13th
Edoardo Mortara
Mahindra Racing
0
14th
Sacha Fenestraz
Nissan Formula E Team
0
15th
Nico Mueller
Abt Cupra Formula E Team
0
16th
Nyck De Vries
Mahindra Racing
0
17th
Jehan Daruvala
Maserati MSG Racing
0
18th
Sergio Sette Camara
ERT Formula E Team
0
19th
Lucas Di Grassi
Abt Cupra Formula E Team
0
20th
Pascal Wehrlein
Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
0
21st
Dan Ticktum
ERT Racing
0
DNF
Sam Bird
NEOM McLaren Formula E Team
0
Mitch Evans, Jaguar TCS Racing, Jaguar I-TYPE 6, leads Pascal Wehrlein, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, Porsche 99X Electric Gen3, Antonio Felix da Costa, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, Porsche 99X Electric Gen3, and the rest of the field Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank
Round 12 Highlights
Jake Hughes took pole ahead of Stoffel Vandoorne and got pole position by 0.001s!
Once we went racing, it was 3 wide with Vandoorne making his way up to P1 with Nato up to P4 and the 2 Jaguars of Cassidy and Evans P6 and P7 respectfully
Similar to Round 11, no one wanted to lead and took a very conservative approach
Da Costa climbed the order early on
Cassidy was annoyed to find out that his car was different compared to Round 11 on lap 5
Lap 9 saw the energy of every driver at or below 70%
Cassidy attempted to overtake Vandoorne on lap 10 but it didn’t work out
Disaster struck for Pascal Wehrlein as he got a puncture for a collision with Sam Bird
Ticktum pitted on lap 16
Lap 17 saw an interesting development where Da Costa was told only the Jaguars had more energy than he did
Bird pitted just before lap 20 due to a collision with De Vries which resulted in the Dutchman falling out of the points and Bird ended up retiring
Towards the end, the DS Penskes began to battle
Da Costa won the Shanghai EPrix! Jake Hughes got his first Formula E podium and Norman Nato finished in P3!
Round 12 Race Classification
Position
Driver
Team
Points
1st
Antonio Felix Da Costa
Tag Heur Porsche Formula E Team
25
2nd
Pascal Wehrlein (Pole)
Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
21
3rd
Nick Cassidy (FL)
Jaguar TCS Racing
16
4th
Oliver Rowland
Nissan Formula E Team
12
5th
Jake Dennis
Andretti Formula E
10
6th
Jean-Eric Vergne
DS Penske
8
7th
Nyck De Vries
Mahindra Racing
6
8th
Sebastian Buemi
Envision Racing
7
9th
Stoffel Vandoorne
DS Penske
2
10th
Lucas Di Grassi
Abt Cupra Formula E Team
1
11th
Sacha Fenestraz
Nissan Formula E Team
0
12th
Robin Frijns
Envision Racing
0
13th
Sergio Sette Camara
ERT Formula E Team
0
14th
Norman Nato
Andretti Formula E
0
15th
Nico Mueller
Abt Cupra Formula E Team
0
16th
Jake Hughes
Neom McLaren Formula E Team
0
17th
Sam Bird
Neom McLaren Formula E Team
0
18th
Jehan Daruvala
Maserati MSG Racing
0
19th
Antonio Felix Da Costa
Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
0
20th
Dan Ticktum
ERT Racing
0
21st
Maximilian Guenther
Maserati MSG Racing
0
DNF
Edoardo Mortara
Mahindra Racing
0
Antonio Felix da Costa, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, Porsche 99X Electric Gen3, leads Norman Nato, Andretti Global, Porsche 99X Electric Gen3 Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank
Championship Standings After the Shanghai EPrix
Position
Driver
Team
Points
1st
Nick Cassidy
Jaguar TCS Racing
25
2nd
Pascal Wehrlein
Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
21
3rd
Mitch Evans
Jaguar TCS Racing
16
4th
Oliver Rowland
Nissan Formula E Team
12
5th
Jake Dennis
Andretti Formula E
10
6th
Jean-Eric Vergne
DS Penske
8
7th
Antonio Felix Da Costa
Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
6
8th
Maximilian Guenther
Maserati MSG Racing
7
9th
Stoffel Vandoorne
DS Penske
2
10th
Jake Hughes
Neom McLaren Formula E Team
1
11th
Norman Nato
Andretti Formula E
0
12th
Sam Bird
Neom McLaren Formula E Team
0
13th
Sacha Fenestraz
Nissan Formula E Team
0
14th
Sebastian Buemi
Envision Racing
0
15th
Robin Frijns
Envision Racing
0
16th
Nico Mueller
Abt Cupra Formula E Team
0
17th
Dan Ticktum
ERT Racing
0
18th
Sergio Sette Camara
ERT Formula E Team
0
19th
Jehan Daruvala
Maserati MSG Racing
0
20th
Edoardo Mortara
Mahindra Racing
0
21st
Nyck De Vries
Mahindra Racing
0
DNF
Taylor Barnard
Neom McLaren Formula E Team
0
23rd
Joel Erikkson
Envision Racing
24th
Lucas Di Grassi
Abt Cupra Formula E Team
0
25th
Kelvin Van Der Linde
Abt Cupra Formula E Team
0
26th
Jordan King
Mahindra Racing
0
27th
Paul Aron
Envision Racing
0
Driver of the Weekend
The driver of the weekend for me is Nyck De Vries. After taking the last 2 rounds off for WEC, scoring his maiden Gen3 points was critical for him.
Driver with the most improvement needed
I think Sacha Fenestraz is the driver who needs the most improvement. Going into Portland, Fenestraz will need to do a lot to prove to Nissan that he should say at the team for Gen3 EVO.
It is safe to say that Round 7 of the Formula E Season 10 had everything: drama, overtakes, last lap chaos and so much more! Here is the highlights:
Key Moments from Formula E Season 10 Round 7:
Hughes lead the pack away.
Frijns went into the gravel and called out the safety car on lap 7. At this point, Mueller was leading ahead of Wehrlein and Cassidy.
Da Costa started to fall down the grid on lap 11 due to a tyre smoking and his front wing going under the wheel.
Nato lost his front wing as well.
Hughes fell down a few places.
Bird had a little spin.
Rowland was leading on the final lap but he ran out of energy.
Wehrlein wins ahead of Dennis and Cassidy gets the final place of the podium by 0.05s!
Guenther finished P9 but he received a 5 second time penalty so dropped down to P12.
Formula E Season 10 Round 7 Misano E-Prix Results
Position
Driver
Team
Points
1
Pascal Wehrlein(Fastest Lap)
Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
26
2nd
Jake Dennis
Andretti Formula E
18
3rd
Nick Cassidy
Jaguar TCS Racing
15
4th
Nico Mueller
Abt Cupra Formula E Team
12
5th
Sacha Fenestraz
Nissan Formula E Team
10
6th
Sergio Sette Camara
ERT Formula E Team
8
7th
Jean-Eric Vergne
DS Penske
6
8th
Jake Hughes(Pole)
Neom McLaren Formula E Team
7
9th
Jehan Daruvala
Maserati MSG Racing
2
10th
Sam Bird
Neom McLaren Formula E Team
1
11th
Lucas Di Grassi
Abt Cupra Formula E Team
0
12th
Maximilian Guenther
Maserati MSG Racing
0
13th
Edoardo Mortara
Mahindra Racing
0
14th
Dan Ticktum
ERT Racing
0
15th
Nyck De Vries
Mahindra Racing
0
16th
Norman Nato
Andretti Formula E
0
17th
Antonio Felix Da Costa
Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
0
DNF
Mitch Evans
Jaguar TCS Racing
0
DNF
Robin Frijns
Envision Racing
0
DNF
Stoffel Vandoorne
DS Penske
0
DNF
Sebastian Buemi
DS Penske
0
DNF
Robin Frijns
Envision Racing
0
Formula E Season 10 Championship After Round 7
Position
Driver
Team
Points
1.
Pascal Wehrlein
Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
89
2.
Jake Dennis
Andretti Formula E
89
3.
Oliver Rowland
Nissan Formula E Team
80
4.
Nick Cassidy
Jaguar TCS Racing
76
5.
Maximilian Guenther
Maserati MSG Racing
63
6.
Jean-Eric Vergne
DS Penske
53
7.
Mitch Evans
Jaguar TCS Racing
52
8.
Sam Bird
Neom McLaren Formula E Team
38
9.
Jake Hughes
Neom McLaren Formula E Team
25
10.
Norman Nato
Andretti Formula E
23
11.
Stoffel Vandoorne
DS Penske
22
12.
Robin Frijns
Envision Racing
21
13.
Sebastian Buemi
Envision Racing
20
14.
Antonio Felix Da Costa
Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
20
15.
Sacha Fenestraz
Nissan Formula E Team
20
16.
Nico Mueller
Abt Cupra Formula E Team
18
17.
Dan Ticktum
ERT Formula E Team
12
18.
Sergio Sette Camara
ERT Formula E Team
11
19.
Jehan Daruvala
Maserati MSG Racing
2
20.
Lucas Di Grassi
Abt Cupra Formula E Team
1
21.
Edoardo Mortara
Mahindra Racing
0
22.
Nyck De Vries
Mahindra Racing
0
Jehan Daruvala, Maserati MSG Racing, Maserati Tipo Folgore, locks up ahead of Dan Ticktum, ERT Formula E Team, ERT X24
Most Impressive Race
The most impressive drive for me is Jehn Daruvala. Coming into this race, he was P21 in the standings and started P21 on the grid, just ahead of Da Costa. To make his way up to P10 on the road (P9 after a few penalties) is impressive. Yes, he has been beaten by his race winning teammate this year so far but getting your first points in a new championship and new series is always a high.
Antonio Felix Da Costa managed to to make up positions in Milano after a disappointing qualifying to take the victory for Formula E’s first visit to Milano! However, disaster struck for the 2020 champion when he was disqualified just to add to the chaos of this race. Rowland inherited the win BUT Porsche have announced an intention to appeal.
Key Moments Of The Race
Mitch Evans lead the field away from pole ahead of Jean-Eric Vergne in P2 and Pascal Wehrlein in P3.
This was a peneton style race from the early stages with Mitch Evans, Nick Cassidy, Jean-Eric Vergne and Oliver Rowland.
Dan Ticktum and Sergio Sette Camara were both near the back of the grid at the start.
Edoardo Mortara had to stop the car very early..
6.5 seconds seperated the entire field at one point.
Multiple collisions, including Wehrlein receiving front wing damage.
Cassidy and Vergne collided, Cassidy pitted with Vergne receiving a 5 second time penalty.
Guenther went over the sausage kerbs and did a wheelie at one point.
Nato went over the Gravel
Multiple DNFs
Da Costa crossed the line first and was the provisional winner before being disqualified so Rowland wins, Dennis P2, Guenther P3.
Formula E Season 10 Round 6 Misano E-Prix Results
Position
Driver
Team
Points
1st
Oliver Rowland(FL)
Nissan Formula E Team
26
2nd
Jake Dennis
Andretti Formula E
18
3rd
Maximilian Guenther
Maserati MSG Racing
15
4th
Dan Ticktum
ERT Racing
12
5th
Mitch Evans(Pole)
Jaguar TCS Racing
13
6th
Jean-Eric Verge Pole
DS Penske
18
7th
Norman Nato
Andretti Formula E
6
8th
Stoffel Vandoorne
DS Penske
4
9th
Sacha Fenestraz
Nissan Formula E Team
2
10th
Lucas Di Grassi
Abt Cupra Formula E Team
1
11th
Nico Mueller
Abt Cupra Formula E Team
0
12th
Sebastian Buemi
Envision Racing
0
13th
Jake Hughes
Neom McLaren Formula E Team
0
14th
Nyck De Veries
Mahindra Racing
0
15th
Sergio Sette Camara
ERT Formula E Team
0
16th
Pascal Wehrlein
Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
0
17th
Robin Frijns
Envision Racing
0
DNF
Jehan Daruvala
Maserati MSG Racing
0
DNF
Sam Bird
Neom McLaren Formula E Team
0
DNF
Nick Cassidy
Jaguar TCS Racing
0
DNF
Edoardo Mortara
Mahindra Racing
0
DSQ
Antonio Felix Da Costa
Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
0
Formula E Season 10 Championship After Round 6
Position
Driver
Team
Points
1.
Oliver Rowland
Nissan Formula E Team
80
2.
Jake Dennis
Andretti Formula E
71
3.
Maximilian Guenther
Maserati MSG Racing
63
4.
Pascal Wehrlein
Andretti Formula E
63
5.
Nick Cassidy
Jaguar TCS Racing
61
6.
Mitch Evans
Jaguar TCS Racing
52
7.
Jean-Eric Vergne
DS Penske
47
8.
Sam Bird
Neom McLaren Formula E Team
37
9.
Norman Nato
Andretti Formula E
23
10.
Stoffel Vandoorne
DS Penske
22
11.
Robin Frijns
Envision Racing
21
12.
Sebastian Buemi
Envision Racing
20
13.
Antonio Felix Da Costa
Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
20
14.
Jake Hughes
Neom McLaren Formula E Team
18
15.
Dan Ticktum
ERT Formula E Team
12
16.
Sacha Fenestraz
Nissan Formula E Team
10
17.
Nico Mueller
Abt Cupra Formula E Team
6
18.
Sergio Sette Camara
ERT Formula E Team
3
19.
Lucas DiGrassi
Abt Cupra Formula E Team
1
20.
Edoardo Mortara
Mahindra Racing
0
21.
Nyck De Vries
Mahindra Racing
0
22.
Jehan Daruvala
Maserati MSG Racing
0
Dan Ticktum, ERT Formula E Team, ERT X24, Jake Hughes, NEOM McLaren Formula E Team, e-4ORCE 04, Nyck de Vries, Mahindra Racing, Mahindra M9Electro, and Sergio Sette Camara, ERT Formula E Team, ERT X24, chase the pack at the start Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank
Most Impressive Race
My driver of the race has to be Antonio Felix Da Costa. Despite him losing his win due to outside circumstances, he still made incredible progress and took the victory for 5 hours. He also managed to handle the energy perfectly.
Driver who needs to improve the most after this round
I think Vandoorne was a bit lackluster throughout the day. From qualifying out of position in comparison to his teammate to finishing P10 on the road (P9 after Da Costa’s DSQ), it was very underwhelming. While his teammate did finish a few places ahead of him due to receiving a 5 second penalty for causing a collision with Cassidy, qualifying was ulitimately Vandoorne’s downfall for this particular race.
Pascal Wehrlein secured the victory after starting on pole position for the first round of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship to kickstart his championship challenge earlier on.
The electric series, in its tenth year got off to an explosive start, with the opening taking place in Mexico, a venue that has been used since the series infancy. Before the action even started, there was already some pre-race drama as Sergio Sette Camara’s ERT was withdrawn from competition due to a technical issue. And the drama didn’t stop there. Stoffel Vandoorne, Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy all received a one place grid penalty due to not following red flag procedures in FP1.
After the drama, Formula E went green for the first time this year. It was a clean start for everyone through the first few corners with Dennis making his way up the grid after his disaster in qualifying. Di Grassi was the first victim in Mexico. Due to a brake issue, he hit the barrier and stopped on track, he managed to limp back to the pits and retire from the race.
Lucas di Grassi, ABT CUPRA Formula E Team, M9Electro Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank
Da Costa and Mueller had an incident a few laps later which resulted in the Porsche driver retiring from the race as he ended up in the wall after an ambitious move on the Abt driver. The incident was investigated after the race and Da Costa received a three place grid penalty for the next race. Everyone seemed to settle into the race, until more drama reared up, but this time from the steward’s room. Race control stated that three drivers were under investigation: the Andretti pair of Jake Dennis and Norman Nato and more critically, race leader Pascal Wehrlein. There was no further investigation for Nato but Wehrlein and Dennis were investigated after the race but both also received no further investigation from the stewards.
Pascal Wehrlein, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, Porsche 99X Electric Gen3 Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank
The returning Envision Racing driver of Robin Frijns crashed at turn thirteen, just at the exit of the stadium arena. This resulted in a full course yellow and the safety car made it’s first appearance this season. Frijns managed to walk away on his own accord. It then emerged that Frijns had an issue with his car before the race so this could have been a factor in his crash. Before the race was declared green again, man of the drivers had attack mode remaining, including Buemi who was currently sitting in P2. Behind him, Guenther, Evans, Hughes, Dennis, Bird, Fenestraz, De Vries and Daruvala all had one attack mode remaining . The Season 7 champion Nyck De Vries had fallen down the pack at this point and was holding up Ticktum, Daruvala and Mueller, whilst current champion Dennis had a relatively quiet race.
The highlight in the latter stages was certainly the battle between Jean-Eric Vergne and Mitch Evans. They were having a fight of their own, as the Jaguar driver had to hold off the constant attacks from the two time world champion. It was first blood to Evans as he managed to pull a consistent gap of five tenths as energy conservation began to bite. Ticktum also struggled, falling back dramatically due to his overspending of energy earlier on in the race. Two additional laps were added to the end of the race due to the safety car earlier for the Frijns shunt. However, these did not stop Wehrlein as he held onto the lead and claimed victory in the Mexico City E-Prix for the second time. Envision Racing’s Sebastian Buemi finished P2, with championship contender Nick Cassidy taking the final podium. Maximilian Guenther finished P4 with Mitch Evans just holding off Jean-Eric Vergne for P5, Jake Hughes took P7 ahead of Stoffel Vandoorne in P8, current world champion Jake Dennis had to settle for P9 whilst Norman Nato rounded out the top ten.
Formula E returns in a few weeks with a double header in Diriyah!
